Review: It's not easy to work out which you should focus more on here. Sharon Van Etten's 'Let Go' is a triumph of gradually building and developing indie rock, existing as it does somewhere between the late-1960s and today. Her cover of 'Some Things Last A Long Time' , originally recorded by the legendary Daniel Johnston, is also a real triumph. Anyone who can make his work sound like their own deserves some serious props.
But then the film itself, Feels Good Man, needs a reference too, as it's among the most important documentaries of recent years. Charting the rise and re-appropriation by the alt-right of the Pepe the Frog meme, it paints a chilling picture of the cartoonish nightmare dystopian novelists could barely predict, which we have walked into, led like children to the sacrificial altar of Coca-Cola or some other multinational brand. Take that description, imagine the songs that depict it, and you should end up here.
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